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Radio & Podcasts

Bernie Worrell, Kris Davis, Idris Ackamoor, Helen Svoboda & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 7, 2023

Travel the spaceways with Sun Ra, Bernie Worrell, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Joe Zawinul, then experience the Afro Futuristic dreams of Idris Ackamoor, the grooves of the Adam Deitch Quartet featuring John Scofield and the river streams that have inspired Helen Svoboda and Slowly Rolling Camera. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme 0:00 Adam Dietch Quartet feat. John Scofield “Mushroom Gravy" Roll the Tape (Golden Wolf) 0:16 Host talks 5:28 David Helbock “Money in ...

Album Review

Jonas Hellborg: The Concert of Europe

Read "The Concert of Europe" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
September 17, 2023

Swedish bass guitarist Jonas Hellborg has the knack of being in the right place at the right time when it comes to meeting reputed musicians; in 1981, after he played solo bass at the Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland, he was introduced to guitarist John McLaughlin and other fusion stars. He was soon asked to join a reformed Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1983. He stayed with McLaughlin until 1988, touring and recording with Mahavishnu Orchestra, and playing several duet tours with ...

Album Review

Bernie Worrell: The Upper Air

Read "The Upper Air" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 23, 2014

I musicofili più esperti sanno bene che il jazz riserva sempre delle sorprese. Ricordate il romanzo di Tabucchi in cui si parla di una confederazione di anime diverse e contrarie, pronte ad aver la meglio nella psykè del protagonista? È anche il caso del pianista Bernie Worrell, co-fondatore del celebre gruppo funk Parliament-Funkadelic, nume tutelare dei Talking Heads, e ora convertitosi alla causa di un jazz introspettivo. Altra sorpresa nella sorpresa, questo CD è prodotto da Bill Laswell, uno dei ...

Album Review

Bernie Worrell: Elevation: The Upper Air

Read "Elevation: The Upper Air" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 23, 2014

Alert Manfred Eicher, somebody has stolen one of his pianists! Certainly in a blindfold test, most listeners would mistake Elevation: The Upper Air for a release by ECM Records, probably identifying the pianist as Marcin Wasilewski or Tord Gustavsen before ever guessing it was by one of the founders of Parliament/Funkadelic, Bernie Worrell. But there it is. Gasp. A solo acoustic piano outing by the keyboardist that fueled the music of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Rolling Stones, Talking ...

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Three Views of Jazz Piano: Bernie Worrell, Christian Jacob, Andrew Litton

by C. Michael Bailey
March 10, 2014

Here are three well-recorded solo piano recitals by three very different pianists playing three equally different jazz repertoires. In spite of these apparent differences, the three artists approach their material in a similarly spacious way. The results are encouraging. Bernie Worrell Elevation: The Upper Air M.O.D. Technologies 2014 There are a couple of things going on in this release. First, this is the first solo piano recording by ...